
About the Report
The goal of the Daft Report is to use this information to help all actors in the property
market make informed decisions about buying, selling and renting. In addition, because it
is freely available, the Daft Report can help inform the media, the general public and
policymakers about the latest developments in the property market.
This is the Daft.ie House Price Report, the partner to the Daft.ie Rental Report, which will
be issued next month. Together, they give house-hunters and investors more information
to help them make their decisions. These twin reports mean that Daft.ie is the only
objective monitor of trends in both rental and sales markets on a quarterly basis, making
the report an essential barometer for anyone with an interest in the Irish property market.
The Daft Report was first launched in 2005. It has since then become the definitive
barometer of the Irish rental market and is being used by the Central Bank, mortgage
institutions, financial analysts and the general public alike. The Daft.ie House Price report is
Ireland’s longest-running house price report, combining information from the Daft.ie
archives with data from Ireland’s Residential Property Price Register.
About Daft.ie
Daft.ie is Ireland’s leading property website. Since its founding in 1997, it has grown to
become the go-to destination for buyers, sellers and renters across the country.
Each month, Daft.ie connects over 2.5 million unique users, with more than 8.6 million
visits. This makes Daft.ie the biggest and most trusted property website in Ireland.
Methodology and Sample Size
The report is structured to give consistent national and regional series of a range of key
metrics, including: transaction prices; the stock and flow of second-hand listings; a
snapshot of prices by property type and location; listed prices; and transaction volumes.
The country is broken into five regions throughout: Dublin; the four other major cities
(Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford); Leinster; Munster; and Connacht-Ulster.
Quantity measures (stock/flow and transactions) are based on the Daft.ie database and
the Property Price Register, respectively, with city-level totals for transactions (other than
Dublin) based on PPR transactions matched, via Eircode, to their original Daft.ie listing.
Price measures fall into two categories: listed prices and transacted prices, as well as
‘market heat’, the difference between the two. For both sets of indices, similar methods
are applied, specifically hedonic price regressions, using a dwelling’s segment
(combination of size, type and location), energy efficiency, age, site size, and [from 2015
on] internal condition (generated by processing the text of the ad in a large-language
model). A ‘rolling windows’ approach is applied throughout, with nine quarters of data
used to generate monthly indices. Transacted price indices come from PPR transactions
matched, via Eircode and/or address, to the initial daft.ie listing.
Disclaimer
The Daft.ie Report is prepared from information that we believe is collated with care, but
we do not make any statement as to its accuracy or completeness. We reserve the right
to vary our methodology and to edit or discontinue the indices, snapshots or analysis at
any time for regulatory or other reasons. Persons seeking to place reliance on any
information contained in this report for their own or third party commercial purposes do
so at their own risk.
Credits
Economic Analysis: Ronan Lyons & Tom Gillespie.
Marketing and Communications: Laura Barry & Cara Daly.
Layout and Design: Kevin Gannon
As Daft.ie celebrate 20 years of leading market analysis, the Daft.ie Report has been
revamped and extended, to put more information at the fingertips of buyers, sellers and
others interested in the housing market.
This includes cutting-edge methods applied both to transaction prices (based on the
Property Price Register) and listed prices (based on the Daft.ie database), as well as stock
available to buy, the number of transactions, market heat and a range of other metrics.
Celebrating 20 Years of the Daft.ie Property Reports
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